Chile will implement a “mobility pass” for the aspir …

The president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, announced that the country set up a “mobility pass” for those who have received two doses of a vaccine against the coronavirus, which would allow them to move between regions and gradually benefit from more freedoms, depending on the epidemiological situation. Too a green passport is negotiated for international flights.

Piñera’s announcement took place on Sunday evening at Santiago airport, where President came to receive shipment of 2.2 million Chinese Sinovac vaccines, the biggest prize the country has received to date. In total, the trans-Andean country has received, to date, more than 21 million doses of vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac laboratories and 489,600 via the Covax mechanism.

The government intends to complete the vaccination campaign for the target population on June 30. Despite the good vaccination rate, infections have rebounded and the daily positivity rate is currently 9.02%, with active cases exceeding 40,000.

The mobility pass, said Piñera, “It will be digital and dynamic and will offer greater levels of freedom and mobility to people“Within its municipalities and will allow travel between regions. The freedoms that the pass will grant” will be extended depending on the evolution of sanitary conditions, “said the mandario, who suffered a severe setback at the polls last week.

The Chilean government has also started international talks to move forward – when conditions allow – towards “a green passport that grants greater freedom and mobility to Chilean citizens at the international level,” Piñera said.

Chile has already vaccinated 9.5 million people with one dose of the vaccine and 7.6 million people with both doses, which represents more than 50% of the target population for a full vaccination, or 15.2 million of the 19 million Chileans.

This week, people between 26 and 29 years old will be able to get vaccinated in the country, and next week those between 23 and 25 years old. Chile has more than 1.3 million cases and more than 28,500 deaths after a 14-month pandemic.